2026 baseball roster outlook

Projected starter in bold
Transfers indicated in italics

Catcher:

SO R/R| Cade Arrambide .242/.351/.484 9BB, 25K, 4HR, 14RBI

RSJR R/R| Eddie Yamin IV redshirted

FR R/R| Omar Serna #41 overall, #4 catcher

First Base:

SR L/R| Zach Yorke [GCU] .339/.447/.632 35BB, 28K, 13HR, 46RBI

(Yamin)

FR L/L| Mason Braun #64 overall, #1 first baseman

Second Base:

GRAD L/R| Seth Dardar [Kansas State] .326/.429/.636 25BB, 41K, 13HR, 45RBI

RSSR L/R| Tanner Reaves .262/.372/.446/ 12BB, 15K, 3HR, 12RBI

(Brayden Simpson, mentioned later)

Shortstop:

JR S/R| Steven Milam .295/.398/.506 41BB, 27K, 11HR, 57RBI

FR L/R| Jack Ruckert #83 overall, #32 shortstop

FR L/R| Ethan Clauss #105 overall, #37 shortstop

Third Base:

JR R/R| Trent Caraway [Oregon State] .267/.350/.470 30BB, 66K, 12HR, 47RBI

SR R/R| Brayden Simpson [High Point] .389/.477/.774 24BB, 46K, 22HR, 78RBI

SO R/R| John Pearson .238/.346/.571 6BB, 10K, 2HR, 7RBI

Outfield:

SR R/R| Chris Stanfield .298/.414/.404 36BB, 52K, 1HR, 31RBI

SO L/L| Derek Curiel .345/.470/.519 53BB, 56K, 7HR, 55RBI

JR L/L| Jake Brown .320/.407/.528 23BB, 34K, 8HR, 48RBI

JR L/L| Daniel Harden [McClennan CC] .354/.508/.614 50BB, 34K, 12HR, 59RBI

FR R/R| William Patrick #121 overall, #26 outfield

Right-Handed Pitcher:

(Only denoting one starter, Saturday and Sunday are tossups, returnees listed first)

*= Status Unconfirmed for 2026

SO| Casan Evans 5-1, 2.05 ERA, 52.2IP, 44H, 0HR, 19BB, 71K, 5HBP, 1.196 WHIP

RSJR| Gavin Guidry redshirted (injury)

SO| William Schmidt 7-0, 4.73 ERA, 31.1IP, 28H, 6HR, 22BB, 41K, 5HBP, 1.546 WHIP

SR| Zac Cowan 3-3, 2.94 ERA, 52.0IP, 44H, 4HR, 12BB, 60K, 3HBP, 1.077 WHIP

RSJR| Jaden Noot 2-1, 4.13 ERA, 32.2IP, 28H, 3HR, 15BB, 44K, 2HBP, 1.316 WHIP

RSSO| Deven Sheerin redshirted (injury)

SO| Mavrick Rizy 0-0 4.74 ERA, 24.2IP, 22H, 0HR, 19BB, 29K, 4HBP, 1.662

JR| Cooper Moore [Kansas] 7-3 3.96 ERA, 88.2IP, 91H, 5HR, 19BB , 85K 4HBP, 1.241 WHIP

7YRSR| Dax Dathe [Angelo State] 8-1 2.99 ERA, 72.1IP, 53H, 4HR, 31BB, 98K, 10HBP, 1.161 WHIP

FR| Reagan Ricken #72 overall, #13 RHP

FR| Marcos Paz #92 overall, #22 RHP

FR| Zion Theophilus #138 overall, #32 RHP

SR| Connor Benge* 1-1 6.75 ERA, 16.0IP, 11H, 5HR, 13BB, 15K, 3HBP, 1.500 WHIP

RSSR| Grant Fontenot* 0-1 7.20 ERA, 5.0IP, 1H, 0HR, 1BB, 5K, 4HBP, 0.400 WHIP

Left-Handed Pitcher:

SO| Cooper Williams 0-1 1.80 ERA, 20.0IP, 13H, 3HR, 13BB, 21K, 3HBP, 1.300 WHIP

RSJR| Dj Primeaux 0-0 3.86 ERA, 14.0IP, 11H, 6HR, 8BB, 13K, 7HBP, 1.357 WHIP

SO| Danny Lachenmayer [North Dakota St.] 2-4 2.37 ERA, 38.0IP, 25H, 2HR, 18BB, 56K, 2HBP, 1.132 WHIP

JR| Santiago Garcia [Oregon] 3-0 4.20 ERA, 30.0IP, 18H, 8HR, 19BB, 40K, 1HBP, 1.233 WHIP

RSFR| Ryler Smart [Tennessee] redshirted (injury) HS: #183 overall, #25 LHP

SO| Ethan Plog [Iowa Western CC] 5-3 5.94 ERA, 36.1IP, 40H, 0HR, 24BB, 42K, 5HBP, 1.760 WHIP

FR| Jonah Aase redshirting (injury) #311 overall, #35 LHP